How to resize your VM image disk

When your VMware image size is not large enough, yet you don't want to create a new image with OS installation from scratch, one can perform the resizing of the VM image. One of the easiest ways to do so is with the VMware converter.

Steps:

1. Download VMware converter.

2. Shutdown the virtual machine.

3. Start the VMware converter software tool.

4. Click on "Convert machine" button.

5. In the source type field, choose the option "VMware Workstation or other VMware virtual machine". And click next.

6. In the Destination System panel, choose also the option "VMware Workstation or other VMware virtual machine" for the destination type field.

7. For the VMware product, select the version of the VMware product on which your image is based on.

8. Specify the virtual machine name and location accordingly to your environment. And click next.

9. Edit the "Data to copy" part, and choose "Select volumes to copy" for the data copy type. Then choose "" in the destination size drop-down field. Specify the size in GB, e.g. 60.

10. Click next and finish to start the conversion job. Wait for the conversion is complete. The new VM image now should have the specified disk size to go with it!